Alden makes an elegant shambles of our attempts to organize and prioritize what we find in the world.
- Elizabeth Robinson, judge of the Ann Fields Poetry Prize
Awards
Ann Fields Prize in Poetry
Andrea Goff Memorial Prize
SF Browning Society Award for Dramatic Monologue
School of Art Broadside Prize
Books, Inc. Poetry Grand Prize
Finalist - MARY Editor's Prize
Runner-up - Michael Rubin Book Award
Finalist - Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Prize
Semi-finalist - OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry
Semi-finalist - Black River Chapbook Competition
Publications
The Fold - New American Writing
Neighbor - Love Is the Drug & Other Dark Poems Anthology
Survival & the Maple - OmniVerse
when the coffee is weak - Gravel
aphrodite tells her friend about adonis - Leveler
When We Have October - The Bastille
early signs of joy - Mothering
Indium - The Wash
Tell - Viator
Love Could Be Such a Thing - Viator
The Sound - Viator
//////////she eats unwashed fruit]]]]]]]]]]]]] - Viator
yes and - VelRo Reader
Little Key - The Walrus
Affair - Transfer
Honors
William Dickey Fellow
Judith Anne Ott Scholar
Edward B. Kaufmann Scholar
Marshall J. Miller Scholar
Carolyn Irene Howard Memorial Scholar
Gloria Spencer UWA scholar
Distinguished Graduate MFA Honors
Mensan
Teaching
Adjunct Faculty in Creative Writing - San Francisco State University
Arts Enrichment Volunteer - The Mission Preparatory School